Welcome to the homepage of
Danny Oppenheimer

Stanford University
Dept of Psychology
Building 420 -- Jordan Hall
Stanford, Ca 94305
650-725-5487
bigopp@psych.stanford.edu

BIG NEWS

I have accepted a job as an assistant professor at Princeton University with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy. I will have a link to my Princeton webpage when such exists...



It's a sad state of affairs indeed when my homepage has become (somewhat) formal. But, with me being on the job market this year, it seemed wise to put forth a (moderately) professional facade, even if that facade is belied by my comments in the introductory paragraph. So here you can learn all about my professional endeavors.

My Vita

Research

My main focus of research concerns the interaction of causal discounting and perceptual fluency (seperated into two links below for organizational purposes). My secondary research focus addresses how people perceive and understand randomness. I also have a variety of miscellaneous topics that I am working on. You can find information on all of these topics here:

Causal Discounting
Perceptual Fluency
Perceptions of Randomness
Miscellaneous
Reuters article about my research

Teaching

I have done a fair amount of teaching since I've been at Stanford. Below are some links that might provide a sense of that. Please be aware that the links on the course pages (especially for the older classes) may no longer be working as I no longer update course pages for classes that have ended.

Contemporary Topics In Psychology
Media Portrayals of Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Graduate Research Methods
Cognitive Psychology (as a TA, but I ran the website so I thought I'd put it up)
Pictures of my sections and classes

Personal

My sports interests
The games I play, and some puzzles I've written
Artistic endeavors

Useful Links:

Department events
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Association for Psychological Science
Miscellanious Psychology Resources
Fun and funny Psychology Resources